According to court documents, the company hired a subcontractor to lay cables. That subcontractor, Arzo Incorporated, allegedly hit a gas line. They’re also being sued along with ONG.

The explosion happened Jan. 3, 2013, in a southwest Oklahoma City neighborhood where SW 92nd Street meets Villa Avenue. There’s now a vacant lot where Kate Purcell’s home once stood. Her home took the brunt of the blast.

Purcell was baking cookies in her kitchen when in an instant everything was on fire. “I felt God reach down and put his arms around me and save me,” Purcell told KOCO 5’s Kim Passoth.

Purcell barely escaped her burning home. The force of the blast was so powerful it sent her roof into the air. It landed upside down in her yard. Purcell had cuts on her hands and legs, pain and suffering she wants to be compensated for. According to documents filed in Cleveland County District Court, she’s seeking more than $75,000 for costs not covered by her homeowners insurance. According to amended court documents filed last week, Purcell’s attorney accuses Arzo, ONG and AT&T of “reckless disregard” for her safety.

Arzo Incorporated was laying fiber optic cable in when they struck a two-inch gas line and there was “a loud bubbling sound coming from the hole.” Nearly two hours elapsed between the line hit and the explosion. Purcell claims she asked an Arzo worker about the funny smell and was told “she did not need to evacuate.” When confronted by KOCO in the days after the blast, Arzo issued an apology.

According to an investigation by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Arzo did notify ONG of the leak before the blast but “ONG’s personnel failed to determine if gas was migrating underground, in a sewer, or to any other structure. It was only after the home exploded and caught fire, which was 58 minutes after ONG’s personnel arrived onsite, did ONG’s personnel begin monitoring.” ONG has since revised its emergency response procedure.

AT&T was added to the suit because they allegedly “failed to ensure that Arzo possessed the qualifications necessary to perform directional drilling in a manner that was skillful, safe and reliable.”

KOCO 5 reached out to AT&T for comment but as of publication have yet to hear back. Arzo Incorporated and ONG declined to comment on the ongoing lawsuit.

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